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Carolyn Evans named Senior Assistant Dean, Graduate Business Programs

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014

Carolyn Evans, a senior economist at Intel Corporation, has been named senior assistant dean for graduate business programs in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, beginning January 27.

“Dr. Evans’ academic expertise and industry experience make her an exceptional choice to lead the growth of our Graduate Business program,” said Dean Drew Starbird, in making the announcement. “Her leadership will be significant as we strengthen our flexible MBA offerings and add new master’s degrees to serve a diverse Silicon Valley workforce.”

Evans was most recently senior economist in the sales and marketing division at Intel Corporation. Previously she had served as associate professor of economics, and faculty director of the undergraduate business program at Santa Clara University. She was a senior economist for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and served as senior staff economist on the Council of Economic Advisers at the White House.

She earned the AB, AM and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, and holds a master’s of science degree from the London School of Economics.